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Topic: Ramana Anubhuti (2) (Read 1996 times)

A few samples from the portion called, Guru Anugraha Nidhi, the Guru's Gracious Bounty.

" Foolishly, through my mind's arrogance, I was forgetful of the Self's eternal reality, and was lost, until the Lord, throughhis gracious teaching reunited me with that eternally existingpure awareness which is my own true nature."

" Know that the vision of the truth we behold when we enterand subside within the Heart, so that the treacherous ties ofworldly bondage which attend the illusion of the body areabolished, is indeed the gracious state of final liberation. Forwithin the SElf, whose nature is pure seeing, any world whichappears to possess reality is in fact an illusion."

" Through my Master's gracious revelation, sinking deep withinmyself, I know that it was pure falsehood to claim that the state offorgetfulness in which though diversifies, giving rise to the pairsof opposites, could be inherent in the lofty conditon of pure,Non-dual consicousness."

" Desirous of knowing Him, we steady our minds, playing Thol-Nokkam* in our inner awareness as we perform our worship.Then through the indestructible nature of those holy feet, doesHe grant us freedom from the terror caused by our mind'sdefilement. Thol-Nokkam!*"

* Thol-Nokkam in Tamil means 'aiming at the shoulder'. Inchildren's game, they end up with placing the hands of theeach opposing pair on the shoulders of the other. In poetryit is used as a symbol of the approach of the soul to Siva'sfeet. Manikkavachagar, the composer of Tiruvachakam, has got 10 songs in the Decad of Thiru-Thol-Nokkam, where every song ends with "Thol-Nottakm Kaanaamo!" -- "We shalllook at the shoulders of Siva."

Interestingly, Kavyakanta Ganapati Muni adopted the sametechnique with Bhagavan, when he came running to see Himin the Hill, with utter despair and restlessness. He placed histwo hands on His feet, his right hand on His right foot and hisleft hand on His left foot, that is in cross! This is is the perfectSaranagati, Surrender, since the devotee is not supposed totouch Guru's right foot with his left hand!